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Ah, but let me tell you why the grass isn't greener over here. When you're tall (and have gorilla arms like me) NOTHING fits you in the sleeve. All your long-sleeve shirts will fall short. Plus, the boys don't really catch up to you until college, so all your dance pictures will have you towering over your date. And just TRY, I dare you, to stand next to a darling little petite mama and not feel like the jolly green giant. I'd trade places with you in a second.

loved this! it's a crack up, but seriously gab, i never think of you as short as all. and i'm with stie... being tall isn't all that wonderful, and i'm not even "tall". but you can't really wear heels, unless you want to be taller. pants are always too big & when i was in HS i had to bend down to kiss the boys.

I feel your pain. My legs ache everywhere because I can't touch to floor or I have to wear really high shoes. I can't reach the eye level cabinets. And I agree, you appear a little less grown up...you have to yell up to get anyone to hear your opinion. It's a sad state of affairs.

as the taller sister of two shorter ones..one being your mom...i always felt like a giant...very ungainly giant....i guess everyone has there problems...unless your'e taller and stick thin...like aunt julie...and to kelly....who were you kissing in high school?

I'm only 2 inches taller than you, and for the most part I like it, except when I am standing next to my 5'10" sister. Then I feel a little disabled. But she has some serious discrimination stories. Being tall ruled out half of the dating pool for her.

And regarding the weight thing (it's ALWAYS regarding the weight thing with me)...I have a 6' friend who ran a marathon and the pounds just melted off of her. She asked me one time, "Don't you notice that when you work out harder, you just lose weight without watching your calories?"

Um. No. I don't.

And then I realized that that girl could possibly weigh more (and still look GREAT) than my husband (5'10") and that of course 175lbs was much easier to maintain and get to, than 130 lbs.

Hey, I'm 5'2" and I thought I was fooling everyone with the 3" heels... which I ALWAYS wear! Partly so that I can see what everyone else sees up there (kinda) and partly so that I don't have to get my jeans hemmed!